Zumba is Like Tricks...
To be clear I don't mean that Zumba is like turning tricks, contrary to popular belief. Last night a thought struck me as I was trying to keep up with the new instructor in my Zumba class. As she was salsa-ing and shaking her booty like she had the Alabama Shakes, she did this thing with her hips and when I tried to mimic it and failed an image of Brutus popped into my head. He's learned several "tricks" - sit, shake, high 5, "hug", and "focus" where he touches his nose to the back of my hand. He LOVES to train and is a little workaholic. When the treats come out he knows he has to perform and if you sit there and ignore him for a bit... say 5 to 10 seconds he just starts going through his entire repertoire of tricks at the same time making him look like an adorable furry fool.
As I was trying to move like my instructor, I felt like I looked as adorably foolish and I busted out laughing much to the dismay (or confusion) of the rest of my class. Luckily no one is focused on how stupid I look and no one tells me (accurately) that I lack a sense of grace that is required when making dancing look cool. My dancing is a lot of things but cool isn't really on the top of the list. No ladies and gentlemen, I do not think I can dance and won't be making an appearance on America's Got Talent anytime soon...
Am I making this sound miserable? If so then I'm leading you astray because it is so much fun. When you can drop your "who gives a shits" at the door and stop being so concerned with how you look to others it opens up a whole host of possibilities. It reminds me of how much fun I had that time I dressed up as an ice cream cone and rocked it Sundae style....
<3 Katie
173lbs
Y2D6
8
... Oh did you think there was going to be a point at the end other than dancing rocks even if you look stupid? There I go misleading you again... Sorry about that....
As I was trying to move like my instructor, I felt like I looked as adorably foolish and I busted out laughing much to the dismay (or confusion) of the rest of my class. Luckily no one is focused on how stupid I look and no one tells me (accurately) that I lack a sense of grace that is required when making dancing look cool. My dancing is a lot of things but cool isn't really on the top of the list. No ladies and gentlemen, I do not think I can dance and won't be making an appearance on America's Got Talent anytime soon...
Am I making this sound miserable? If so then I'm leading you astray because it is so much fun. When you can drop your "who gives a shits" at the door and stop being so concerned with how you look to others it opens up a whole host of possibilities. It reminds me of how much fun I had that time I dressed up as an ice cream cone and rocked it Sundae style....
<3 Katie
173lbs
Y2D6
8
... Oh did you think there was going to be a point at the end other than dancing rocks even if you look stupid? There I go misleading you again... Sorry about that....
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